PARI - Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman, North Carolina is located in the half-million acre Pisgah National Forest.
This Institute was created in 1962 by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to track satellites and monitor space flights. This place communicated with the Gemini and Apollo programs. During the first years of the American space program the institute had the name Rosman Research Station.
In 1981 this place was taken over by Department of Defence (DOD) and the main mission was national security. At this time this institution didn't have the name and officially didn't exist although about 350 people worked here and collected the satellite data.
In 1999 local businessman Don Cline took over an abandoned campus and created Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute.
Now this astronomical observatory is situated on the 200-acre campus and uses 30 buildings.
The fiber optic communication network connects the campus buildings and gives students and teachers the access to telescopes and instrument via the Internet.
This Institute was created in 1962 by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to track satellites and monitor space flights. This place communicated with the Gemini and Apollo programs. During the first years of the American space program the institute had the name Rosman Research Station.
In 1981 this place was taken over by Department of Defence (DOD) and the main mission was national security. At this time this institution didn't have the name and officially didn't exist although about 350 people worked here and collected the satellite data.
In 1999 local businessman Don Cline took over an abandoned campus and created Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute.
Now this astronomical observatory is situated on the 200-acre campus and uses 30 buildings.
The fiber optic communication network connects the campus buildings and gives students and teachers the access to telescopes and instrument via the Internet.
Scientific instruments at PARI include:
two 26m (85ft) radio telescopes,
one 12.2m (40ft) radio telescope,
one 4.6m (15ft) radio telescope (dubbed
“Smiley” and operated remotely by students and teachers),
a high
frequency Jupiter-Io/Solar antenna,
11 optical telescopes on the PARI
Optical Ridge,
five weather and atmospheric monitoring stations,
and
various environmental monitoring instruments.
W pierwszych latach amerykańskiego programu kosmicznego to miejsce nazwano Stacją Badawczą w Rosman.
W 1981 roku instytut został przejęty przez Departament Obrony (DOD)
i główym celem było bezpieczeństwo państwa. W tym czasie
ten instytut nie miał nazwy i oficjalnie nie istniał, choć około 350 osób tutaj pracowało i zbierało dane z satelitów.
W 1999 lokalny biznesmen Don Cline przejął opuszczony w tym czasie kampus i utworzył Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute.
Aktualnie ten instytut astronomiczny, mający 30 budynków, położony j
est na 81 hektarach. Dzięki komunikacji światłowodowej wszystkie budynki na terenie instytutu są połączone. Światłowody umożliwiają studentom i nauczycielom dostęp do teleskopów i instrumentów za pośrednictwem Internetu.
Instrumenty naukowe w PARI to:
dwa 26m (85ft) radioteleskopy,
jeden 12,2m (40ft) radioteleskop,
jeden 4.6m (15ft) radioteleskop (nazwany "Smiley", i sterowany zdalnie przez uczniów i nauczycieli),
wysokiej częstotliwości Jupiter-Io / Solar antena,
11 teleskopów optycznych na PARI Optical Ridge (PARI Optyczne Wzgorze,
pięć pogodowych i atmosferycznych monitorujących stacji,
i różne przyrządy do kontrolowania środowiska.